As part of the Emerging Technologies stream Associate Principal Amanda Hamilton Fics will be discussing our work on University of Toronto 's Lash Miller Chemistry Expansion alongside our partners Brandon Sutherland (University of Toronto), Stig Mikkelsen (Mikkelsen Architects), Liam Brown (mcCallumSather) and Iyonne Rippie, (Arup). Together the team will discuss lessons learned from Lash Miller, with the goal of exploring the emerging best practices for designing the self-driving labs of the future.

How do we decide what infrastructures are critical to future flexibility and scalability given limited information available today? How do designers identify system priorities and premiums that need to be baked into the design while preserving opportunities and differing capital required to make modifications in future? How do we proceed with only limited knowledge to make robust labs today for resilient labs tomorrow?

The team will take the audience through the journey of how best to plan and design for this radically new paradigm that is moving away from traditional bench top chemistry to integrated AI, machine learning, robotics and high throughput automation.

To learn more about the project check out this article on the ground breaking that just took place:
University of Toronto Breaks Ground on New Home for the Acceleration Consortium

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